Cunha, Jennifer M.Renguette, Corinne C.2023-11-072023-11-072022-12Cunha, J. M., & Renguette, C. C. (2022). A Framework for Training Animals to Use Touchscreen Devices for Discrimination Tasks. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3565995.3566044https://hdl.handle.net/1805/36962Recent technological advances have made touchscreen devices more widely available for animal-computer interaction, but there is little consensus about methods for discrimination task training frameworks. Here we discuss the potential enrichment and communicative uses for touchscreen-based interactions as well as benefits and limitations of automated learning systems and social learning systems. We review the literature for discrimination training methods on touchscreen devices for a variety of species and discuss what we recommend as an expanded framework for cross-species discrimination training methods. This framework includes environment and device selection and setup, orientation and habituation, touchscreen shaping skills, and discrimination training. When done ethically, human-assisted animal interaction with technology can improve psychological wellbeing and cognitive enrichment through environmental choice and control, enhance human-animal relationships, and provide data collection opportunities for research.en-USPublisher PolicyHuman-computer interactionAnimal-computer interactionSocial and behavioral scienceTouchscreensAnimal enrichmentHuman-animal relationshipsDiscrimination trainingArticle